I'm actually quite modest. All I want is a nice car. All I want is a drink at midnight on Sunday night and I'll be a very happy man.

I don't think Bono decided to be ambitious, he just is. But if this country ever ran out of electricity, just shove a plug up his hole and it would run for a week.

As I'm getting older, I'm getting funkier. So that's what I'm wearing. Funky shoes.

Music and books were my inspiration too. I read avidly as a kid. And that's the beautiful thing about books and music and even movies, is that you can actually escape. You can go into other worlds.

I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it depends on how I'm writing or what I'm writing about.

I like a fine wine. Who can beat that? I don't think it helps writing; I think it's a hinderance. It helps numb you.

I get anxious but worry doesn't really do any good. If something is broken or in trouble, you've got to bend down, pick it up and fix it. Worry just makes us get wrinkles. So try not worrying.

Friday was added to my nickname because I have a talent of getting on with most people. So it's a bit of a man Friday thing.

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with.

I can see Obama trying to be the president who suggests solutions for everyone who has experienced economic hardship.

I don't like top hats, white ties, and tails.

To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.

Dreams are the result of a million choices, a billion failures, and a few successes.

I don't even know how ugly and pretty get decided.

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.

What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?